Autumn Cobb Salad with Creamy Hemp Seed Dressing (paleo, dairy free)

Let’s pause on all of the holiday recipes that are taking up your feed for a moment. I mean, I love them, don’t get me wrong, but it also makes me feel like a need a salad. And not a simple little salad- a hearty, flavour-packed salad like this one.

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The components of this salad are as follows:

Creamy Hemp Dressing (yes please to pouring this on ALL of the things)

Maple Balsamic Roasted Chicken. SO SO SO GOOD.

Roasted Sweet Dumpling Squash. Who doesn’t love roasted squash this time of year? And sweet dumpling squashes are just that- SWEET!

Toasted Pepitas(pumpkin seeds). When in doubt, add toasted pepitas

Avocado- because avocado

Bacon- because bacon

Sweet halved cherry tomatoes

Hard Boiled eggs (or soft, you do you)

Fresh, crisp, romaine lettuce

All of these together create one darn good salad. You can make some things ahead of time so you just have to assemble when you are ready to eat it. I like to cook the bacon and chicken right before serving because I like the warm component and fresh bacon but it’s not necessary.

Instructions

For the Chicken:

Whisk together all of the marinade ingredients. Place the chicken breasts in a glass jar and pour the marinade over them, flipping the meat once to ensure everything is covered. Place in the fridge for a minimum of 2 hours, up to 24 hours.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Cover a square baking dish with tinfoil and place the chicken in it. Pour the marinade over it and bake for 18-22 minutes, until the chicken reaches in internal temperature of 165 F. Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before slicing.

For the Hemp Dressing:

Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Add more water as needed. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.

For the Salad:

Preheat the oven to 400 F

Cut the top off the sweet dumpling squash and scoop out the seeds. Slice the squash into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Brush with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes, flipping the squash over halfway through.

To arrange the salad add the romaine lettuce as the base. Layer on your chicken, avocado slices, bacon, apple slices, eggs and squash slices. Sprinkle with the toasted pepitas.

Notes

*I like soft/medium boiled eggs. To make mine I like to add the eggs to simmering water and boil for 7-8 minutes, depending on the size of the egg.